…round about him. Ezekiel 1:27 (circa 595 b.c.) In the ancient world, electrum (Hebrew) or elektron (Greek) was the material amber. Amber, when rubbed and electrified, preferably with cat fur, moved and lifted dust…
…food webs, limiting factors, energy and material budgets) and rules (e.g., Cope’s rule that increase in body size confers adaptive advantages, the least work principle). Also valuable might be an…
…by academics, other national or international nongovernmental agencies, or the World Bank. Another source of data is the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) project run by the Institute for Resource…
…Problems and opportunities frequently cross national borders. Informal and formal international arrangements-loosely termed “regimes,” defined here as systems of rule or government that have widespread influence–are for the collective management…
…impossible feat for a world that built today’s worldwide fleet of some 430 nuclear power plants in about 30 years. Combined with other offset strategies, ZEPPs, together with another generation…
…information. If during the next 60 to 70 years, the world farmer reaches the average yield of today’s U.S. corn grower, 10 billion people will need only half of today’s…
…2020, leading to a fleet of 500 5 GW ZEPPs by 2050. This does not seem an impossible feat for a world that built today’s worldwide fleet of some 430 nuclear…
…main prospective cause. The continuing, steady decarbonization of the energy system means that the concentrations of carbon dioxide will not rise much above 500 ppm, about 40 percent above today’s…
…d’écoute sur les océans apaisé par Covid https://yourtopia.fr/un-reseau-mondial-decoute-sur-les-oceans-apaise-par-covid-france-24/ BBC News Online, Ocean noise: Study to measure the oceans’ ‘year of quiet’ https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56676820 BBC World Service Radio, 1st story, with Ed…
…largest city with perhaps 10 million people. Today Japan’s Shinkansen Corridor extending from Tokyo to Osaka houses some 80 million. Worldwide the human population is now 55 percent urban. By…